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unpersuasion

unpersuasion noun: the state of not being persuaded; disbelief or doubt.

Noun

unpersuasion (uncountable)

  1. The state of not being persuaded; disbelief or doubt.
    • The word here used for disobedience signifies properly unpersuasion; and nothing can more properly express the nature of unbelief than that; and it is the very nature of our corrupt hearts […]a. 1684, Robert Leighton, A Practical Commentary on the First Epistle of St. Peter

Origin of unpersuasion

From un- + persuasion.

Questions about unpersuasion

What does unpersuasion mean?
Unpersuasion means the state of not being persuaded; disbelief or doubt.
What part of speech is unpersuasion?
Unpersuasion is a noun.

Words near unpersuasion in the dictionary

  1. unpersuaded
  2. unpersuadedness
  3. unpersuades
  4. unpersuading
  5. unpersuasible
  6. unpersuasion
  7. unpersuasive
  8. unpersuasively
  9. unpersuasiveness
  10. unpertaining
  11. unpertinent

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